Archives de catégorie : Etats-Unis

Les Etats-Unis vendent pour 11 milliards d’armes à l’Arabie et aux Emirats (Romandie, 17/10/2013)

Publié le 17 octobre 2013 par alyadepostis

WASHINGTON – Le Pentagone a annoncé jeudi la vente à ses alliés saoudiens et émiratis d’armes et de munitions pour un total de 10,8 milliards de dollars, à l’heure où les deux pays du Golfe observent avec méfiance l’Iran, leur … Lire la suite →

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Qatar’s Geopolitical Gamble: How the Gulf State May Have Overreached (Times, 23/07/2013)

Publié le 27 juillet 2013 par alyadepostis

Nearly three weeks after Egypt’s military forced the country’s President Mohamed Morsi out of office and jailed him and officials of his Muslim Brotherhood party, the explosive reaction on Cairo’s streets has brought death and turmoil— and in another country … Lire la suite →

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Qatar’s Foreign Policy Adventurism (Foreign Affairs, 25/06/2013)

Publié le 27 juin 2013 par alyadepostis

Earlier this month, the Taliban opened an official office in Doha, landing Qatar once more in Western headlines. That might have been part of Qatar’s plan: the decision to host such a controversial office is symptomatic of a desire to … Lire la suite →

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Syrian stalemate fuelled by opposition’s bitter infighting (The National, 29/05/2013)

Publié le 28 Mai 2013 par alyadepostis

The Syrian political opposition, in its current form, is a hopeless case. Members of the opposition have been holding intensive talks to expand the National Coalition for nearly a week, with little progress. The meetings in Istanbul are meant to … Lire la suite →

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John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels (The Daily Beast, 27/05/2013)

Publié le 27 Mai 2013 par alyadepostis

The leaders of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army told the senator they want the U.S. to provide arms, a no-fly zone, and strikes on Hezbollah. Sen. John McCain Monday became the highest-ranking U.S. official to enter … Lire la suite →

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U.S. delivers first aid shipment to Free Syrian Army (FP, 1 May 2013)

Publié le 7 Mai 2013 par alyadepostis

Early Tuesday morning, the United States delivered its first direct shipment of food and medical supplies to the rebel Free Syrian Army, with some help from its representatives in Washington. At about 5 a.m. Tuesday morning at an undisclosed location … Lire la suite →

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No-Fly Zone Debate: Are the Patriots Up to It? (Al Monitor, 31/03/2013)

Publié le 1 avril 2013 par alyadepostis

In the control room at Incirlik Air Base, images from the previous night show two red dots, indicating ballistic missiles fired in Syria. The two missiles originated in the Homs region, but both landed well clear of the Turkish border. … Lire la suite →

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Obama’s pragmatic approach to Mideast (27/03/2013, The Washington Post)

Publié le 29 mars 2013 par alyadepostis

Here’s the coldblooded calculation at work as President Obama shapes his foreign-policy agenda: If he took “full ownership” of the Syria problem through direct military intervention, that’s probably all he could accomplish during his second term — and even then, … Lire la suite →

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Analysis of Mr. Secretary’s 1st Foreign Tour (Iran Review, 10/03/2013)

Publié le 17 mars 2013 par alyadepostis

Seyed Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour John Kerry, the second secretary of state appointed by the US President Barack Obama, who is 69 years old and the 68th US secretary of state, embarked on an 11-day tour of Europe and the Middle … Lire la suite →

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‘Argo’ helps Iran’s dictatorship, harms democracy (CSMonitor, 05/03/2013)

Publié le 8 mars 2013 par alyadepostis

Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, the first president of the Islamic Republic of Iran after the 1979 revolution, says that by falsifying, misrepresenting, and taking critical facts out of context, the Academy-Award winning film ‘Argo’ delivers a pro-CIA message at the cost of … Lire la suite →

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